| Name | Character Encoding |
| Definition | Character encoding used in the data set. |
| Obligation |
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| Multiplicity | [0..*] |
| Example | |
| 8859part1 | |
| Character encoding must be documented if non-UTF-8-based encoding is used in the dataset or dataset series. If more than one different character encoding is used in a dataset or dataset series, all, including UTF-8 encoding, must be specified. | |
Technical data
| INSPIRE equivalent | Character Encoding |
| Comparison with INSPIRE | equivalent |
| ISO equivalent | [40] characterSet |
| Comparison with ISO | equivalent |
| XPath | identificationInfo[1]/*/characterSet |
| Data type | MD_CharacterSetCode |
| Domain | MD_CharacterSetCode<<CodeList>> |
| Implementation instructions | Character encoding is documented using the gmd:characterSet/gmd:MD_CharacterSetCode element by writing one of the ISO 19139 values of the MD_CharacterSetCode code list. If more than one different character encoding is used in a dataset or dataset series, all, including UTF-8 encoding, must be specified. |
Encoding example: Documenting the character encodings used in the data set
| <gmd:MD_Metadata... ... <gmd:identificationInfo> <gmd:MD_DataIdentification> ... <gmd:characterSet> <gmd:MD_CharacterSetCode codeList="https://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_CharacterSetCode" codeListValue="utf8">utf8</gmd:MD_CharacterSetCode> </gmd:characterSet> <gmd:characterSet> <gmd:MD_CharacterSetCode codeList="https://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_CharacterSetCode" codeListValue="8859part1">8859part1</gmd:MD_CharacterSetCode> </gmd:characterSet> ... </gmd:MD_DataIdentification> </gmd:identificationInfo> ... </gmd:MD_Metadata> |